class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">53 —Differences between East and West Washington, 53 —Chinook wind, 55.

Soils all fertile, 55.

A remarkable soil, 60.

Vast vegetation, 61 —Deciduous trees, 62 —Larch, 62 —Extraordinary evergreen forests, 63 —Douglas fir, or Oregon pine, 63 —The best of ship timber, 64 —White cedar, 65 —Beautiful house lumber, 65 —Hemlock spruce, 65 —Tanners wanted, 66 —White pine, 66 —Balsam fir, 66 —Large supply of Canada Balsam, 67 —The yew, 67 —The superior timber of Snoqualmie Valley, 67 —Range for horses and cattle, 69.

Magnitude of the lumber business, 70 —Vast extent of the lumber market, 70 —The great saw-mills, 71 —Profits and prices, 73.

Clearing the land, 73 —Demand for agricultural products, 74 —Large crops, 74 —Hop-growing on a large scale, 74 —The changed agricultural conditions of East Washington, 75 —Irrigation in the Yakima Valley, 75 —Varied crops, 77 —The Great Plain, 77 —Boundaries, 78 —Early history, 78 —Area and population,